US Court Grants ISPs and Search Engine Blockade of Sci-Hub

Re:US Court Grants ISPs and Search Engine Blockade of Sci-Hub by rayiner on Monday November 06, 2017 @05:10PM (#15639453)

So? If the government funds contractors to e.g. clean government buildings, should the contractor automatically be subject to all sorts of considerations "in the public interest" just because it is being paid with tax dollars?

The government, as an economic actor, is entitled to attach whatever conditions it wants on its grants. The reason it doesn't attach conditions such as "you can't publish your results in <list of prestigious publications>" is because that would drive away the best and brightest applicants for the grants.

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Re:US Court Grants ISPs and Search Engine Blockade of Sci-Hub by solomatov on Monday November 06, 2017 @05:37PM (#15639625)

> If the government funds contractors to e.g. clean government buildings, should the contractor automatically be subject to all sorts of considerations "in the public interest" just because it is being paid with tax dollars?

IANAL, but that's actually true. For example, government contractors are required to have affirmative action programs. See, for example here: https://www.shrm.org/resourcesandtools/tools-and-samples/hr-...

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Re:US Court Grants ISPs and Search Engine Blockade of Sci-Hub by travmatt on Monday November 06, 2017 @07:01PM (#15640074)

Government procurement requirements have been hugely important in regulating and advancing the state of many industries.

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